Have a great weekend

Please finish up your critical thinking responses for Monday...no more than 30 minutes of work this weekend please.  Just want to read your thoughts!

Pancake Breakfast in the Morning!!!!

Great classes today!!

We reviewed line symmetry & moved into the order of rotation for a variety of shapes.

You will have a critical thinking response to complete tomorrow in class.  Please just mull it over tonight..

We know approximately 13% of species on Earth...

If more money is made by getting medicine from trees, then why are trees still used for agricultural purposes?  And why are they still being cut down?

Humanities

We have just started our CREED unit. Creed comes from the Latin word Credo which means "I believe". At the end of our unit, students will create a their own Creed via a project of their choosing...more information related to this will come next week. Throughout this unit we will view videos, read short stories, poems and articles, as well as many discussions. 

Questions that students have begun to work on... (minimum of 3 answered in journals...)
1. What is my creed?
2. How does my creed impact my life?
3. How do outside forces affect my creed?
4. Do we have conscious control over it or are we a product of our environment?
5. Where did my creed come from?
6. Does my creed stay the same or change over time?
7. Can a creed be sold or bought?
8. Can you/how will you defend your creed?
9. How will you fulfill it?



Issues for Canadians

Intro to Issues for Canadians

Today we started to look at our overarching themes in Grade 9 Social Studies. Students received a handout and will continue to work on vocabulary and big questions today and tomorrow.

Homework expectations for today:
- review the introduction to the textbook to get a feel for all the big ideas in Grade 9 Social
- KEY TERMS: have an understanding of and a definition for each (this will not be assessed, however the use of these terms in a critical response will be :-))

Key terms: write or sketch ideas or definitions for each of the following terms below.

Issue                                                   Perspective                                         Point of view

Quality of life                                       Rights                                                  Society

Governance                                        Political system                                   Economic system

Opinion                                                Criteria                                                            Citizenship

Individual identity                                 Collective Identity

Ma/Sci check in

Today in Science we started some notes on biodiversity.  What is it?  What does it look like?

In Math, we reviewed line symmetry & pushed into rotational symmetry.

Please get your forms & fees into the school...thanks.

If you have your old Hum journal, please rip out the papers so you can use it for Science this year...thanks.

Math & Science check in

Hi Everybody,

Awesome work today in Math & Science.  Please take a look at the biodiversity intro activity feedback that you received on your rubrics & think about where you would like to move toward this year.  I thought your feedback was insightful & constructive.

We introduced the concepts of line symmetry today in Math.  A copy of my SMART file was given with examples.  Take a moment to draw in the lines of symmetry that you can see.  We will review them tomorrow & push forward.

Remember to bring in your forms asap.

Please ensure that you have the Hilroy notebooks for Math & I will work towards trying to get visual journals for you for Science.  In the meantime, no loose paper in Science or Math please.  You need a glue stick in your pencil cases. 

Thanks for the great start up...it has been so smooth!  What an awesome group!

Humanities work for Tuesday, September 8

1. Today we signed out library books and everyone should have a novel. Even though it is expected that reading takes place at home each evening, novels also need to come to class each day.

Reading journal task: (answer the following questions in your journal)

- Why Read?

- Why am I reading this book? (why did you choose the book you signed out?)

- What do I already know about the book, the author, the theme...(look for clues...title, summary, etc)

- What details do I think the author will include in the the text...make PREDICTIONS. 

2. Writing task to be completed in journals... What does HAPPY look like?

- at least a paragraph of writing is required (this means you have 1 introductory sentence, at least 3 detail sentences, and 1 concluding sentence)

- you may have more writing :-)

- you may create lists or word webs...you may include pictures/visuals/drawings

- borders and/or backgrounds are ALWAYS a good idea when working in your journals

An awesome first day...!

Thank you for a great first day.  We are both so very excited to be teaching all of you.  Thanks for returning your forms & fees asap.